Armand was speechless.
He let his head down, and looked very pitiful, Dolores did not feel sorry, but her voice softened a lot,
“You should work, Grandma needs your care as well, and Theresa you can leave her to me, when she
has recovered, I will naturally tell you where she is, in the time while she is getting better, you shouldn’t
disturb her, can you promise me that?”
Armand asked with a hoarse voice, “Is that what she wants?”
Dolores sighed, did she have to say it?
If Theresa wanted to see him, how could she hold her back?
The fact he was held outside by the nurses should be answer enough.
Armand didn’t look up, then said, “I got it.”
He turned around and left.
Matthew was worried this guy might not take it well, “Call me.”
Dolores nodded and said, “Okay.”
Matthew followed Armand, only then Dolores had some time to talk to the nurse, “Did he hurt you?”
The nurse waved her off and said, “No, I have seen many anxious family members, I know what to do.”
Dolores asked, “Is her situation stable?”
“She has passed the most dangerous period, she doesn’t need to stay in the ICU anymore.”
“I want to take her to get treated abroad these days, can she still stay in the ICU these two days?”
Dolores was afraid Armand might come again.
The nurse said, “Sure, as long as you pay, you can stay as long as you want.”
One day in the ICU cost more than ten grand, many families could not afford that, ten thousand was a
huge amount for many families, some of them might not even have that much.
Dolores asked, “Can I go to see her?”
“Yes.” The nurse answered.
The nurse opened the door, but she still had to change her clothes since inside was a sterile area, so
now that Theresa had survived the most dangerous time, she still had to change her clothes to go in.
Having changed it once, Dolores was already used to it, she was done quickly.
Theresa was lying, even though she already got through the danger, but she could still not move.
Dolores walked towards her and lowered her head to look at her, because her head was in gauze, she
couldn’t make out her feelings, she thought since Armand came and made drama. She couldn’t be
calm.
She asked softly, “Are you feeling pain anywhere?”
Theresa said, “No, but I want to leave asap.”
“I know, I have already arranged it, just these days.” Dolores comforted her, “Don’t worry, Armand won’t
come again.”
Theresa was a little calmer, “I really don’t want to see him.”
Dolores said it clearly.
If it was her, she wouldn’t want to see him as well.
The ICU was different than normal wards, there were no chairs inside.
Theresa didn’t know what time it was, the ICU was sealed off quite well, the lights were constantly on, if
nobody looked at the clock, there was no way to tell the time.
She asked, “What time is it?”
Dolores checked, and said, “It’s night, almost 12am.”
“You should go home and rest.” Theresa said apologetic.
It was already so late and yet she was called over.
Dolores smiled, to comfort her, she said, “I was in the store with a client, if I go back I might not even
fall asleep, I need to draw some drafts.”
“I can stay with you for a while, so I can see the pictures I wanna draw.”
Theresa knew it in her heart, she said nothing, but she remembered it.
Dolores was there with her for a while, Theresa fell asleep, only then Dolores left.
After she walked out of the hospital gate, she took out her phone to call Matthew.
In that moment, Matthew just parked his car on AC Bridge, he was leaning against the railing, both his
hands buried in his pockets watching the river.
Armand and Boyce were sitting on the steps.
“You need to give her time to digest that, to accept it, she doesn’t want to see you now, so don’t go
there and annoy her, give her some space, and at the same time you can calm down a little, you need
to straighten your relationship.” Boyce was talking sense into him.
Armand didn’t speak, he was just listening quietly, he said nothing, once in a while he took a sip of his
drink.
There were many cans on the stairs, some had been drunken, others not yet.
Boyce was in a rage, he was talking for a really long time, his throat was hurting, but he didn’t say a
single word.
“Armand, what do you want to do?” Boyce yelled, he took the can in his hands, “Do you regret it?”
“Yes, I do!” Suddenly, Armand stood up, he felt annoyed inside, and kicked the cans on the ground, he
looked at the surprised Boyce, “Do you know that she is pregnant? It’s my child, I didn’t even know, I
saw all that blood, I thought... I thought she was hurt, I saw with my own eyes how she was giving up
on life...”
Armand put his hands on his chest, “Here...” He made a fist and hit himself on the chest, “Here, it hurts
so much.”
Boyce could see that he was hurting, but he couldn’t put himself in his shoes.
He suddenly knew that all that he just said were useless.
He was sad, and he had regret, this was not something a few words of comforting could help with.
“I know that you are hurting, I will drink with you.” Boyce took one of the cans on the ground and
opened it, he took a big gulp, he put his arm around Armand’s neck, he held him and said into his ears,
“It will pass, when she is well again you can repay her, you are still young, there will be chances.”
Armand still felt the pain in his heart, but he knew that his regrets wouldn’t help anything.
All he could do was to try and make it up to her in the future.
He looked at Boyce with red eyes, “Do I still have a chance?”
“Yes, you do.” Boyce gave him a determined answer.
Armand’s mood was a lot better, “Please stay with me, I don’t want to be alone.”
He was afraid he might not be able to control himself.
Boyce agreed.
When Boyce asked Matthew if he wanted to join them, his phone rang.
Matthew took his phone out and answered the call, it was Dolores asking, “Is Armand better?”
Matthew looked up at the two men who were hugging each other, then humphed with detest.
“That’s good, I am at the gate of the hospital, if you are not free you don’t need to come, I will take a
cab home.”
Matthew said, “I am free.”
Armand had Boyce with him.
He stood up tall and went towards the car, “I am leaving.”
Armand was not feeling balanced, he lost his child, and he was denied by the woman he liked, his
heart was filled with bitterness, but Matthew was going home now, he had a wife so he didn’t care
about his friends anymore?
“Hoes before bros!” Armand yelled.
Matthew was pulling open his door, then he looked back, “Do you want Theresa to recover?”
Armand felt discouraged, he wanted it, of course he did, Theresa only wanted to see Dolores, if
Dolores couldn’t make it then Matthew would help.
“I am useless, don’t take me serious.” Armand smiled with red eyes.
“Don’t worry.” He didn’t say more, as his friend for so many years, he would find the best doctors for
Theresa.
Armand swallowed and said, “Thanks.”
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